''Elatine gratioloides'' is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
belonging to the family
Elatinaceae
Elatinaceae is a family of flowering plants with ca 35 (to perhaps 50) species in two genera: ''Elatine'' and ''Bergia''. The ''Elatine'' are mostly aquatic herbs, and the ''Bergia'' are subshrubs to shrubs. ''Elatine'' species are widely distri ...
.
Its native range is
Australia
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to the south-west Pacific,
including
New Zealand
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.
It was first described in 1839 by
Allan Cunningham,
who described it from a specimen from "a bog at Tauraki,
Hokianga river".
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References
External links
''Elatine gratioloides'' images & occurrence data
at GBIF
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NZPCN: ''Elatine gratioloides'': images''Elatine gratioloides'' images at iNaturalist
Elatinaceae
Taxa named by Allan Cunningham (botanist)
Plants described in 1839
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